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### Step 1: Connect Hardware to the CMM

This tutorial uses this Hexagon test block and CAD model.

This documentation refers to the above labeled faces as:

A - The top face

B - The front face

C - The right face

D - The left face

Connect this part to your CMM. It needs to be elevated above the table so that the probe body can measure features on the side faces without hitting the CMM table. Also, make sure a probe with a wrist is connected to your CMM.

#### More Info

The CAD model comes with this version of PC-DMIS. Also, the tutorial assumes that you have the following:

- A baseplate fixture

- A post-like cylindrical fixture that can connect to the Hexagon test block

You can place the part directly on the table and ignore the fixture if you like. However, your probe may not have enough clearance to measure features on the side faces.

Connect the Fixture and Part

If you do not have this actual part, you can use a similar part that has several circles and a cone that you can measure.

1. Connect a cylinder fixture into a threaded base plate fixture or into the CMM table itself.

2. Connect the Hexagon text block to the top of the threaded cylinder fixture.

3. Orient the test block on your CMM table so that your probe can easily access the top and front faces.

For Offline Users

You might not have access to a CMM. In that case, you probably have an offline license and can still import the test block model and follow some of the steps. Instead of a probe to take hits, you can use your mouse pointer. You can click on the CAD model to simulate probe hits. This approach does not produce real measurement results, but you still may find the exercise useful.

To do this, follow the instructions in the "Import the Hexagon Part Model" topic sometime before you start step 4.

1. Connect a cylinder fixture into a threaded base plate fixture or into the CMM table itself.

2. Connect the Hexagon test block to the top of the threaded cylinder fixture.

3. Orient the test block on your CMM table so that your probe can easily access the top and front faces.

Connect the Probe

Attach a probe body, with any extensions, and a ruby tip for a contact probe onto the CMM's vertical ram. Make note of the hardware components you use, so that you can define the probe in PC-DMIS later.

- If your CMM is NOT powered on, continue with the "Start Up and Home the CMM" topic.

- If your CMM is already powered on, homed, and you've started PC-DMIS, continue on "Create a New Measurement Routine".

Go to the next step: "Start Up and Home the CMM"